Fsu Wins -- Miami Is Next Seminoles Win, 5-3, Over Indiana State

June 1, 1986|By Steve Ellis, Sentinel Correspondent

OMAHA, NEB. — Florida State Coach Mike Martin said his Seminoles came here to win the College World Series, and the Seminoles took a difficult first step, slipping past Indiana State, 5-3, Saturday night in their eighth Series appearance and first since 1980.

Top-ranked Florida State will play Miami on Tuesday at 7:10 p.m. The rivals split their six-game series during the regular season. FSU (58-11) is expected to start Richie Lewis.

Indiana State (48-19) held a 3-1 lead before the Seminoles struck for one run in the sixth inning and three runs in the seventh inning.

Barry Blackwell got things started in the seventh for the Seminoles with a single but was thrown out on a sacrifice bunt attempt by Greg Clayborne. Jose Marzan followed with a one-out triple that scored Clayborne and tied the score, 3-3. Paul Sorrento fulfilled his usual role of a late-inning hero with a triple that scored Marzan to make it 4-3.

Alicea followed with a double to bring home Sorrento, giving FSU a 5-3 lead.

Indiana State starting pitcher Paul Quincer allowed the Seminoles an early run when Sorrento doubled, and Figueroa followed with a double.

Mike Loynd (20-1) got into some trouble early, mostly because of his fielding error that allowed Indiana State to take a 2-1 lead in the second. Loynd's victory tied an NCAA record for most victories in a season.

Loynd sailed into the ninth inning but couldn't finish what he started.

Did it get a little scary in the ninth?

''It got a little interesting in the ninth,'' Martin said. ''Michael Loynd still had good stuff. I told him that when I went to the mound. Michael said, 'I'm tiring, and if I don't get the next guy out, it's time.' He didn't get that next guy out so I went for the little man Richie Lewis.'' Lewis promptly struck out the last batter.

Loynd: ''I felt if I got into the ninth, Richie Lewis would come in and do what he's done all year. I went into the ninth with no walks, so when I walked the runner I knew I was getting worn down.''

With two outs and ISU's Jimmy Barragan on second base in the fifth inning, Loynd failed to touch first base on a force play. That left runners on first and third. Barragan scored on a RBI single by Danny Roman, and Paul Frey's double scored Bob Zeihen to make it 3-1.

The Sycamores got to Loynd in the fourth when Jeff Hill's RBI double left the Seminoles trailing, 2-1.